Re: Can /usr/share/doc/<pkg> be deleted on upgrade ?
Roger Leigh wrote:
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> Users don't have write access to anything under /usr in general
> (and /usr/share/doc in particular). If they did place files there,
> they must have done it after gaining root privs. I.e. they took
> deliberate steps to do something they should not under normal
> circumstances have been permitted to do. The user is clearly at
> fault here for writing "personal" data into a directory managed
> by the packaging system.
I hadn't thought of that, I guess it settles it. Thank you for you answer.
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> Regards,
> Roger
>
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